Dress-pillow



(No Model.)

G. NOBLE `DRESS PILLOW. No. 293,499. Patented Feb. 12, 1884.

W/T/VESSES UNITED STATES PMENTv OFFICE.

GEORGE NOBLE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

DRESS-PILLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,499, dated February 12, 1884.

1 Application filed June 14, 1883. l(No model.)

`T0 all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE NOBLE, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Dress-Pillows, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in sham pillows; and it has for its objects to provide a pillow consisting of a light rectangular frame, having on one or both sides a series of light intersecting bowed springs, over which is placed an outer lining composed of a sheet of muslin or other fabric and a sheet of ticking, with an intervening packing of cotton-batting or other similar material, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view, showing the frame-work of my improved sham pillow; and Eig. 2, an elevation showing the frame-work of a modication of my invention.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates a rectangular frame of wood or other suitable material, which may be braced at the corners by means of the angular blocks B or the wire braces D, as may be desired. i

` The letter E. indicates a series of bowed springs, which are preferably constructed of reed, rattan, or other light material.

I have described `my improved sham pillow as constructed of a rectangular frame having l obliquely-intersecting springs; but it is evident that the shape ofthe frame may be changed and the arrangement of the intersecting springs varied without departing from the spirit of vmy invention-for instance, the corners of the frame may be rounded and the springs crossed at right angles; and, further, that corner-pieces l of cane or reedcan be used, or a stiff corner constructed of leather, wood, metal, or other material, although they may be constructed of metal, if desired. They are secured at their ends in sockets in the sides of the frame and pass obliquely over each other, being secured at their intersections by suitable connections, E, as indicated in the drawings. Over the said intersecting springs is secured a covering of muslin or other fabric, which is attached at its edges to the frame in any suitable manner, and above this is located a packing of cottonbatting or other similar material, and over all a sheet of ticking, which is also suitably secured to the edges of the frame, the bottom of the frame being covered with `a sheet of muslin or other fabric.

In the modification shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings the intersecting springs are arranged on both sides of the frame, and both sides are covered with the muslin and tick covers,wth

. the intervening packing.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A sham-pillow frame consisting of a suit-.

able number of intersecting sections of reed or other light elastic material, bound together at their points of intersection, and having their ends securely fastened in a rigid wooden frame in openings or sockets which are made at right angles to the plane of said frame, the same being covered and cushioned, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE NOBLE.

Witnesses:

l G. D. DAvrs,

W. D. ALEXANDER. 

